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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Release - Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)

« Last post by skwire on March 28, 2015, 08:14 AM »

In the meantime, I stumbled upon a bug, a minor one: reordering entries in a profile doesn't work when drag and drop is used.

-AtmanActive (March 27, 2015, 04:13 AM)

Good catch.  Thank you for reporting that.  Should be fixed here:

Website | Download
v1.1.6 - 2015-03-28
    ! Reordering entries in a profile wasn't saved when drag and drop was used.
      (Thanks, AtmanActive)

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on March 25, 2015, 05:41 PM »

Hi, billo255, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.  Apologies for the late reply.

Just to add another voice to the list regarding "artifacts" I've go them as well.

-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)

Are you running XP as well?

A major issue that seems to be intermittent on my version of epCheck (and what prompted me to join this forum today) is the loss of checkmarks after doing a refresh.

-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)

Are you running the beta version, by chance?  If not, I made some improvements in the beta that, hopefully, solve the issue:

https://www.donation....msg368839#msg368839

As the post says...back up your data first if you want to try it.  However, if you do, please let me know if the issue still appears.

-Wish List -
1.  Display unwatched back episodes.

-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)

I'll add this to my ToDo but I wouldn't hold my breath for this one.

2.  Cancelled, Ended, Continuing, Summar - When a show is pulled off the air and I've watched all of the episodes I delete the series from epCheck. Rather than having to scroll through all of the series to see if the status has changed, a tab showing a list of all of the series and the status might be be a useful feature to catch shows that were reportedly being ended but then revived (i.e. Unforgettable and Perception). It might not be 100% effective but would save having to  scroll through all of the series after a refresh to see if anything has changed. (Also, maybe the series name could be color coded to identify its status?  red=ended/ending, green=continuing, orange=on the bubble?)

-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)

Colouring the series shouldn't be difficult but I'm not sure how I would determing an on-the-bubble show.  I can only go off the status data in the data files.

At any rate, it'll be several weeks, at least, before I can get back to coding much.  My regular day job is keeping me quite busy at the moment.   

Nice job on creating a useful tool for us TV'o'phile's who only want to track our favorite shows.

-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)

Thank you for the kind words.  It's been a fun application to write and I'm glad you find it useful. 

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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Release - Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)

« Last post by skwire on March 25, 2015, 05:27 PM »

Hi, AtmanActive, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.  Apologies for the late reply.

I'm glad you like the software and you do make a good argument.  However, it'll be several weeks, at least, before I could possibly start adding something like this.  My regular day job is rather busy at the moment.  I'll keep it in mind, though.  

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - Spews

« Last post by skwire on March 24, 2015, 04:24 PM »

Good point.  I'd have to add a "Clear" button or something similar.

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Living Room / Re: IRLDD DC Meetup April 2015: Upcoming Trip to Singapore and Malaysia

« Last post by skwire on March 22, 2015, 11:17 PM »

Awesome, can't wait to see the photos!
Don't forget that meetup participants get a special DC meetup mug

-mouser (March 22, 2015, 11:14 PM)

Speaking of that...maybe you should send me both mugs and I'll take lanux's with me (to save you shipping).

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Living Room / IRLDD DC Meetup April 2015: Upcoming Trip to Singapore and Malaysia

« Last post by skwire on March 22, 2015, 11:13 PM »

It just so happens that I'll be in Singapore (for work) from April 26-29.  If any DC members live in Singapore and would like to meet up for a meal, please let me know.  Furthermore, since DC member lanux128 lives a short distance away in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I'm going to fly over there on Thursday, April 30th for a day and a half to meet him.  So, if any other DC members live around Kuala Lumpur and want to meet up, please let me know as well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: text to phone

« Last post by skwire on March 22, 2015, 04:49 PM »

Dropbox...or pretty much any cloud drive service.

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Post New Requests Here / MOVED: Move files, replace with shortcuts to those files

« Last post by skwire on March 21, 2015, 01:44 PM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=40412.0

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Move files, replace with shortcuts to those files

« Last post by skwire on March 21, 2015, 01:44 PM »

Nice work, 4wd.  I'll move this.   

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Post New Requests Here / MOVED: IDEA: Assign Priority to Programs

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2015, 02:33 PM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=38471.0

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Assign Priority to Programs

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2015, 12:42 PM »

I wrote something along the same lines a few years ago.  It's not quite what you requested, but you might find it useful:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=27091.0

If you're set, let us know and I'll mark this thread solved.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on March 13, 2015, 12:05 AM »

As warned, using the profiles option is still not a great idea. My db was wiped (but I had a backup) presumably as a result.

-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)

Sorry to hear this.  Do you recall anything different about it shutting down the previous time before this happened?

That aside, stunning program. It's become an important part of my day.

-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)

Thanks...I'm glad you find it useful.

The only thing I would change is to fix the sorting on large episode numbers. It's rather a PITA trying to work around it.

-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)

Which column are you sorting on exactly?

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist

« Last post by skwire on March 12, 2015, 02:58 PM »

Meant to get back with you sooner, skwire.  The nearest I can tell, is somewhere between possibly running CCleaner, or rebooting following updates, the stuff can go missing.  Almost as though the data is being kept in a temporary - or unprotected - area of memory. (just a novice's impression.)  Could it possibly use a 'save' button - to re-write the data base / text file, to prevent this from happening?  I dunno.  But it's a damnable glitch in such a handy little app.

-Parchuvegal (March 12, 2015, 02:37 PM)

Just for clarification, is this something you still notice in the latest version?

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: MHP with Windows Media Player and Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

« Last post by skwire on March 12, 2015, 12:29 PM »

Hi, koeckk, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

MHP only worked with my defined hotkey (Play/pause = pg dwn) only for one day. Cannot restart it again.
Did the same on another PC with Windows 7 with the same result - worked for one day, after that not accepting the defined key again.
The MHP program is really nice and easy. What could be the problem or what did I wrong?

-koeckk (March 11, 2015, 03:57 AM)

Sorry to hear you're having an issue.  It's possible another application is taking over the Page Down hotkey you set.  Can you try setting a different hotkey and see if that works?

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist

« Last post by skwire on March 10, 2015, 09:25 PM »

I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with the application.  If you can provide me with a specific set of repeatable steps to reproduce the issue, I should be able to fix it.

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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by skwire on March 08, 2015, 10:55 PM »

And I also still use the application that I begged Skwire to code for me as well, a good five years or so logged on Anuran (http://skwire.dcmemb....com/fp/?page=anuran).

-doctorfrog (March 08, 2015, 10:14 PM)

Wow.  Makes me smile to know it's still useful to you. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: No more Filehippo for me

« Last post by skwire on March 06, 2015, 01:50 PM »

FileHippo moved to bundled installers (and a new site design ) some time ago.  Sad, really, as their site was beautifully laid out and easy to work with.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« Last post by skwire on March 04, 2015, 08:36 AM »

Unfortunately, this would be a massive redesign and probably isn't going to happen.  Apologies.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Steam URL Converter

« Last post by skwire on March 03, 2015, 12:19 PM »

Works here for me using W7/64 Ultimate.  The account I use has administrator rights and UAC is set to "Never notify" (if that matters).

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General Software Discussion / Re: on the road again - windows access from chromebook, tablet, library-hotel

« Last post by skwire on March 03, 2015, 09:24 AM »

All my computers at home run TightVNC.  I can access them easily from my travel laptop, Android phone, or Android tablet.  From my laptop, I use the standard TightVNC viewer.  From my phone or tablet, I use TightVNC's Remote Ripple Pro app.  Of course, all of this is over an SSL VPN connection to my home router.  Is that what you meant?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on March 03, 2015, 09:09 AM »

I have the coverart inside of the m4a files, but it is showing every folder I have for music.  What am I doing wrong?

-stisev (March 03, 2015, 08:31 AM)

As I said in the previous post, CovArt Ops scans through the folders you specify and, if it finds any of the listed file types within a folder, it will add that folder to the CovArt Ops interface.  Am I misunderstanding you?  Unfortunately, though, I'm pretty sure that CovArt Ops currently supports embedded cover art in mp3 files only.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scan music collection for missing covers/artwork

« Last post by skwire on March 03, 2015, 08:24 AM »

I tried to scan my music collection and it showed me 1452 entries. wtf? I had meticulously made sure all of them had CovArt Ops; I think what's happening is CovArt Ops is seeing my m3u files and saying those don't have a picture.

-stisev (March 03, 2015, 07:04 AM)

CovArt Ops scans through the folder you specify looking for the following types of files: mp3, ogg, flac, wv, wav, mpc, ape, wma, mp4, m4a, tta, tak, shn, jpg, png, gif, or bmp.  If it finds any of those, it considers that folder an album folder and displays it within the application's interface.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: MPH (Media Player Hotkeys)

« Last post by skwire on February 27, 2015, 09:28 AM »

Okay, I found the cause but no idea why.

If I change Win+Ctrl+... to Win+Shift+... it works. Looks like at work there is a program using Win+Ctrl combos installed. But only some because Win+Ctrl+F1 for play/pause is working.  

Thanks for the help.

-captain1701 (February 27, 2015, 05:39 AM)

You're welcome.  Good luck!   

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: MPH (Media Player Hotkeys)

« Last post by skwire on February 27, 2015, 03:08 AM »

It's really strange, at Home W7/64 Pro and WMP v12.0.7601.18150 it works but at work, same OS and WMP version it doesn't.
I already thought of some program maybe interfering with the combo Win+Ctrl+F3 and Win+Ctrl+F4 but I don't know one using this.

-captain1701 (February 27, 2015, 02:49 AM)

Some things to try at work:

• A different set of hotkeys.
• Running the app with administrator rights.

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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Release - Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)

« Last post by skwire on February 27, 2015, 02:31 AM »

where is command line sopport?

-yjs14 (February 27, 2015, 01:19 AM)

The only argument you can pass to Splat.exe is:  /profile:"c:\full\path\to\<ProfileName>.profile"
You can easily create a shortcut for a profile by right-clicking the profile name and choosing the "Send launch profile shortcut to desktop" entry.  As the help file explains, launching a profile in this manner doesn't display the main interface.  Only the tray icon is shown for the duration of the profile.

UI problem

-yjs14 (February 27, 2015, 01:32 AM)

Sometimes it gets wacky like that.  Choose View > Reset splitter position from the menu and restart Splat.

bug?

-yjs14 (February 27, 2015, 01:45 AM)

I'm going to guess you're running a folder and expecting Splat to continue when you close Windows Explorer.  As the info button near that option explains: Enabling this option runs the item and waits, indefinitely, for its process ID (PID) to close before moving on to the next item.  This option is typically used with console or commandline programs that exit on their own after running a command.  Use with care.

In other words, that option is not designed to do what you want with a folder.  It's designed mainly for commandline apps.

suggest: add close/kill all programs or common templet profile(contain some always runing progames like, firewall antivirus...)
I've added a lot of profiles(10), If I want to switch to PURE game mode(game profile), maybe I need to close a lot of programs of other profiles for "PURE". Or someday, if I add another profile contain some new programs, then I need to edit all profiles for "PURE".
work profile: close all (or recover to common templet profile)-> A.exe B.exe C.folder
surf profile: close all (or recover to common templet profile)-> C.folder F.exe
game profile: close all (or recover to common templet profile)-> G.exe

-yjs14 (February 27, 2015, 02:16 AM)

No, I will not be adding a "close all" type of option or any sort of pre-made templates.  The reason is that it's easy for you as a user to say to yourself, "Just close all running programs" because you know what to close.  For me, as the programmer, it's damn near impossible.  Why?  Consider all the stuff currently running in your task manager.  I can't just go attempt to close down every running process in there.  That would be Very Bad™.  Your computer would completely shit the bed if I tried that.

As an FYI, you can run a profile within a profile.  So, if you add another profile called, say, NEWSTUFF, with a lot of, ahem, new stuff, you can simply add an entry in your PURE profile that calls this NEWSTUFF profile.  You can get pretty modular with Splat in this way.